Examination of Narrative Point of View Through Production by Two Media

• Main Author: Rosewell, Susan Tilden
• Other Authors: Colson, Ted, 1928-2021
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1986
• Subjects: prose fiction; Prose literature > Study and teaching; Point of view (Literature); Narration (Rhetoric); Theater > Production and direction; Motion pictures > Production and direction; grammatical analysis; narrative perspective; narrative fiction
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500621/

Narrative point of view should be the initial place of focus in the study of prose fiction, but it is often difficult to understand or teach. This study proposes that stage or screen production of narrative fiction may be purposefully structured to enhance the understanding of narrative perspective. The study details grammatical analysis of narrative language and describes implications drawn from that language which influence production decisions. The thesis examines the techniques and technology of stage and screen production which may be manipulated to underscore narrative point of view, suggesting ways in which each medium can borrow from the techniques of the other for point of view production.